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" A placebo is a phony cure that works. This is very hard for the medical profession to get their teeth around because they hate placebos, but scientifically, placebos work in about 30% of cases that are psychogenic diseases."
Charles Jencks

Meaning of "psychogenic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PSYCHOGENIC

ˌsaɪkəʊˈdʒɛnɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PSYCHOGENIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Psychogenic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PSYCHOGENIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of psychogenic in the English dictionary

The definition of psychogenic in the dictionary is of mental, rather than organic, origin.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PSYCHOGENIC

allergenic · anthropogenic · antigenic · atherogenic · carcinogenic · chromogenic · comedogenic · cryogenic · erogenic · genic · hypoallergenic · isogenic · mitogenic · myogenic · osteogenic · pathogenic · photogenic · pyogenic · teratogenic · transgenic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PSYCHOGENIC

psychodynamics · psychogalvanic · psychogalvanic response · psychogeneses · psychogenesis · psychogenetic · psychogenetical · psychogenetically · psychogenically · psychogeriatric · psychogeriatrics · psychognoses · psychognosis · psychognostic · psychogony · psychogram · psychograph · psychographic · psychographics · psychography

WORDS THAT END LIKE PSYCHOGENIC

adaptogenic · allogenic · androgenic · angiogenic · autogenic · biogenic · bronchogenic · cryptogenic · eugenic · hallucinogenic · iatrogenic · immunogenic · intragenic · neurogenic · oncogenic · orogenic · polygenic · pyrogenic · scenic · thermogenic · tumorigenic

Synonyms and antonyms of psychogenic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «psychogenic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PSYCHOGENIC

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1,325 millions of speakers
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psicógena
570 millions of speakers
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psychogenic
510 millions of speakers
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साइकोजेनिक
380 millions of speakers
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نفسية المنشأ
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психогенная
278 millions of speakers
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psicogênica
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psychogenic
260 millions of speakers
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psychogène
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Psikogenik
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psychogene
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心因性の
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심인성
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Psychogenic
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tâm lý
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சைக்கோஜெனிக்
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मनोवैज्ञानिक
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psikojenik
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psicogeno
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psychogenne
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психогенна
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psihogenă
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ψυχογενής
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psigogene
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psykogen
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psykogen
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about psychogenic

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2 QUOTES WITH «PSYCHOGENIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word psychogenic.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective. Most of the elite suffer from psychogenic amnesia. That means it's not organic amnesia, such as damage caused by brain injury. It's just a matter of psychology.
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Charles Jencks
A placebo is a phony cure that works. This is very hard for the medical profession to get their teeth around because they hate placebos, but scientifically, placebos work in about 30% of cases that are psychogenic diseases.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PSYCHOGENIC»

Discover the use of psychogenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to psychogenic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Understanding and Treating Psychogenic Voice Disorder: A CBT ...
This book provides a step-by-step guide to understanding and treating psychogenic voice disorder by combining speech and language therapy with skills drawn from the field of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT).
Peter Butcher, Annie Elias, Lesley Cavalli, 2007
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Psychogenic Movement Disorders: Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
TABLE 4.1 REPORTS ON THE MISDIAGNOSIS OF DYSTONIA AS BEING PSYCHOGENIC Marsden and Harrison, 1974 (47) Eldridgeetal., 1969(48) Cooper etal., 1976(45) Lesser and Fahn, 1978(46) 18/42(43%) 23/44 (52%) 56/ 226 (25%) ...
Mark Hallett, C. Robert Cloninger, 2006
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Clinical Neurology for Psychiatrists
Psychogenic seizures and physiologic seizure-like events, such as breath- holding spells, fall within the category of nonepileptic seizures. Psychogenic seizures, which occur 5% to 10% as frequently as epileptic seizures, usually develop in ...
David Myland Kaufman, 2007
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Mass Psychogenic Illness: A Social Psychological Analysis
Although there is reason to believe that the actual incidence of mass psychogenic illness is considerably higher than previously suspected, present understanding of this phenomenon has been limited by the lack of a systematic data base.
M. J. Colligan, J. W. Pennebaker, L. R. Murphy, 2013
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Behavioral Neurology of Movement Disorders
TABLE 22-3. Clinical features that suggest psychogenic dystonia Abrupt onset Dystonia beginning as a fixed posture or as a paroxysmal dystonia Inconsistency of dystonic movements across time Incongruous dystonic movement and postures ...
Karen E. Anderson, William J. Weiner, Anthony E. Lang, 2005
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Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice
Psychogenic Movement Disorders In evaluating the patient with movement disorders, one must keep in mind the possibility of psychogenic movement disorders (154). Psychogenic movement disorders result from various psychiatric conditions ...
Joel A. DeLisa, Bruce M. Gans, Nicholas E. Walsh, 2005
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Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Practitioner's Guide
Conversion dysphonia is psychogenic hoarseness and can resemble laryngitis. The idiogenic nature of conversion symptoms is confirmed by the incongruities in the clinical presentation, like an inability to adduct the vocal cords during ...
Alex F. Johnson, Barbara H. Jacobson, 2011
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The Diagnosis of Stupor and Coma
12 (Ambrose Bierce disagreed, believing it was the first resort.4) The medical analogy to these definitions of patriotism is psychogenic illness or hysteria, a diagnostic haven to which uncertain physicians all too often repair when the signs and ...
Fred Plum, Jerome B. Posner, 1982
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Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders
Fahn S. The history of psychogenic movement disorders. In: Hallett M, Fahn S, Jankovic 1, Lang IE, Cloninger CR, Yudofsky SC, eds. Psychogenic movement disorders: Neurology and neuropsychiatry. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams ...
Joseph Jankovic, Eduardo Tolosa, 2007
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Stuttering and Related Disorders of Fluency
Two types of acquired stuttering are typically recognized: neurogenic and psychogenic (although psychogenic stuttering will not be reviewed in any detail as part of this chapter, we will include references to this literature when appropriate.) ...
Edward G. Conture, Richard Frederick Curlee, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PSYCHOGENIC»

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Psychotherapy vs Sertraline for Nonepileptic Psychogenic Seizures
Researchers from the Nonepileptic Seizures Treatment Trial Consortium have published a randomized controlled trial of the treatment of psychogenic ... «Medscape, Apr 15»
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Nicole Kidman 'Horrified' By Research Into Psychogenic Amnesia …
'I watched a number of documentaries where people do have this psychogenic amnesia', she explains. 'The idea of actually having this is horrifying. Someone ... «Contactmusic.com, Oct 14»
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Psychotherapy May Be Best Approach for Psychogenic Seizures
"What I think this tells us is that psychotherapy, with or without the medication, is going to help the typical complex patient with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures ... «Medscape, Jul 14»
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PNES: Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Benefit From Cognitive …
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are seizures that resemble epilepsy but are instead a psychological condition. It is not the result of abnormal brain ... «Science 2.0, Jul 14»
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Researchers identify brain circuits involved in stress-induced fevers
"Many people with psychogenic fever, especially many teenagers, suffer from chronic increases in their body temperature that last more than a month," says Dr. «EurekAlert, Jun 14»
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Neuropathic and psychogenic pain contribute to chronic …
A lack of appropriate treatment for neuropathic and psychogenic pain may cause patients with musculoskeletal pain to suffer a more chronic pain course, ... «News-Medical.net, Apr 14»
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Minnesota mass school illness likely 'psychogenic,' investigators …
"You're basically left with a mass psychogenic illness," Schultz said. ... Psychogenic illness means the sickness of one or more people leads other people to then ... «Pioneer Press, Feb 14»
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Minn. school incident likely mass psychogenic illness
MINNEAPOLIS -- A sudden outbreak of sickness that sent 30 Minnesota elementary school students to hospitals Thursday was most likely a case of mass ... «KARE, Feb 14»
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Possible 'mass psychogenic illness' sent 30 Springfield kids to hospital
The Minnesota Department of Health said "mass psychogenic illness" may have been what caused 30 students to get sick at Springfield Public School on ... «FOX 9 News, Feb 14»
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Sexual exploitation causes psychogenic epilepsy in 50% women …
VARANASI: Almost 50% of the women affected by psychogenic epilepsy have been found to have faced sexual exploitation at some point of time in their lives ... «Times of India, Nov 13»
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